euphorbia wallichii a perennial herb growing mainly in himalayas has been widely used in folk medicines for its medicinal properties. in the present study, the crude methanolic root extract (cme) and its fractions; n-hexane fraction (nhf), n-butanol fraction (nbf), chloroform fraction (chf), ethyl acetate fraction (eaf) and aqueous fraction (aqf) of this plant specie were investigated for antio...

francoeuria undulata (l.) lack is often synonymous with two species of the genus pulicaria,i.e. pulicaria undulata (l.) c.a. mey and pulicaria crispa (forssk.) olive, which are oftenincluded under the genus francoeuria. the essential oil yield and compositions in the fivenatural populations of francoeuria undulata from fars province in southern iran weredetermined by gc and gc/ms analysis. the ...

Abrus precatorius L. is a medicinal plant. The medicinal properties of the plants are determined by the presence of secondary metabolites (phytochemical constituents) in it. In the present study the phytochemical analysis and antibacterial activity in the methanol extract of five parts (leaves, stem, flowers, seed coat and seeds) of A. precatorius was carried out to analyses the presence of phy...

Capparis sepiaria Linn. (Family: Capparidaceae) is a rare indigenous in South India but has widespread distribution in many tropical and sub-tropical countries. The present study intended with various phytochemical screening and toxicity studies were carried out on the leaves of the Capparis sepiaria. Preliminary phytochemical evaluation of the ethanolic extract of revealed that the presence of...

Objective: To investigate in vitro bioactivities of methanol, ethyl acetate, chloroform, hexane, ethanol and aqueous extracts of E. nummularius and its phytochemical analysis. Methods: The antioxidant activity was determined by measuring the scavenging activity of DPPH radicals and H2O2. Cytotoxic activity was tested against hep G2 cell lines using MTT assay. Antimicrobial activity was assessed...

A greenhouse experiment was conducted in order to evaluate the efficiency of seven Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi (AMF) namely, Acaulospora deligata, Glomus aggregatum, G feugianum, G fasciculatum, G rubiforme, Gigaspora margarita, and Scutellospora heterogama collected from the rhizosphere soils of Wedilia chinensis (Osbeck) Merril. They were evaluated on the same host for improvement of phytoch...

Three varieties of Hibiscus sabdariffa were analyzed for their phytochemical content and inhibitory potential on carbohydrate-digesting enzymes as a basis for selecting a variety for wine production. The dark red variety was chosen as it was highest in phenolic content and an aqueous extract partially inhibited α-glucosidase (maltase), with delphinidin 3-O-sambubioside, cyanidin 3-O-sambubiosid...

Mistletoe is collected wildly on various plants and Phragmanthera incana is noted to grow on different plant hosts. This study was designed to carry out the ethnobotanical survey, phytochemical and mineral analyses of Phragmanthera incana, a species of mistletoe growing on three plant hosts namely Cocoa (Theobroma cacao), Kolanut (Cola nitida) and Bush mango (Irvingia gabonensis). Mistletoe sam...

Samples of two spice plants; Aframomum melegueta and Piper guineese were analyzed for phytochemical composition. The result of the phytochemical screening of the two seeds reveals the presence of alkaloids, flavonoids, tannins, saponin, steroids, cardiac glycosides and terpenes. The percentage of alkaloids in Aframomum melegueta 2.17% was higher than that in Piper guineense which contained 1.67...

Objective: To objective of this work was to perform phytochemical qualitative and quantitative analyzes of the main secondary metabolites in the root of Berberis microphylla. Methods: The extracts of B. microphylla root were tested through phytochemical screening and the quantification of the most important constituents was carried out using spectrophotometric and gravimetric techniques. Result...